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HISTORICAL SKETCH: CHURCH RULES: FORMS 
OF ORGANIZATION AND OF WORSHIP: 
LIST OF MEMBERS. 



SAVANNAH, GA.: 

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1890. 



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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 



REV. I. S. K. A IS ON, D. D., REV. J. FRED'K DRIPPS, D. D.. 

Pastor Emeritus. Pastor. 

ELDERS. 

Charles H. Olmstead, Wm. M. Wakelee, 

Joseph Clay, Randolph Axson, 

D. R. Thomas. 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 
George J. Mills, Chairman. 
George C. Freeman, C M. Gilbert, 

J. 0. Rowland, W. W. Mackall. 

BUILDING COMMITTEE. 
John L. Hardee, Malcolm Maclean, 

John I. Stoddard, J. M. Barnard, 

J. Randolph Anderson, George J. Mills, 

D. R. Thomas, W. W. Mackall. 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS. 
George J. Mills, C. G. Anderson, 

Charles H. Olmstead, A. R. Lawton, Jr., 

M. Y. Henderson, C. M. Gilbert, 

George C. Freeman, James L. Rankin, 

Daniel Hopps, C. R. Woods, 

Horace A. Crane. 



CHURCH CALENDAR FOR 1890. 

SUNDAY SERVICES n A. M. and 8 P. M. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICE Sunday Afternoon (as below). 

LECTURE AND PRAYER MEETING Thursday Afternoon. 

The hours for Afternoon Services are as follows: 

4:30 P. M. in February and March. 

5:00 P. M. in April and May. 

5:30 P. M. in June, July, and August. 

5:00 P. M. in September; 4:30 P. M. in October. 

4:00 P. M. in November, December, and January. 

COMMUNION DAY on the Second Sunday of March, June, 
October and December. 

BAPTISM OF INFANTS, at the Sunday Morning Service, one 
week after each Communion Day. 

SESSION MEETING for reception of members and other business, 
on the First Thursday of each month, after the Prayer Meeting. 



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HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



The Independent Presbyterian Church oe Sa- 
vannah completed its twenty-first year during the 
i: Colonial Period" of Georgian history; and for 
seventy-two years it stood as the only Presby- 
terian Church of any kind in this city. Not merely 
as being thus the oldest Presbyterian Church 
here, but as closely knit by repeated acts of mut- 
ual kindness with Churches of other denomina- 
tions, through a hundred and thirty-five years, its 
history is intertwined with the whole course of re- 
ligious life in Savannah. Of such a history, begin- 
ning as it does with the first generation of the city's 
life, it will be possible to note only the more promi- 
nent facts in this brief sketch. A more detailed ac- 
count, with copies of original authorities in full, will 
be found in the Church History, prepared by Mr. 
John I. Stoddard, and published in 1882 ; wherein it 
is fully shown that the Church was in its origin 
Presbyterian, and Independent Presbyterian, and 
that it has continued so to be, without interruption, 
to the present day. The earliest written document 
which survives on the record is the copy of a "grant 
of land" from King George II., dated Jan. 16, 1756, 
and registered in the archives of Georgia. The date 
of this grant shows that the Church must have had 



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an organized existence at least as early as the year 
1755, and the document itself certifies that those 
who had organized it and had applied for the grant 
were " professors of the Doctrines of the Church of 
Scotland, agreeable to the Westminster Confession 
of Faith." Among the outward signs of this Scot- 
tish ancestry, which still remain, are the Geneva 
gown, used by the pastors, and the long table spread 
in the aisles for the use of communicants at the 
Lord's Supper. 

There were obvious reasons for the fact that these 
Scotch Presbyterians made their new organization an 
" Independent Presbyterian " Church, in the practi- 
cal necessities of the case. The geographical posi- 
tion of Savannah was such as to prevent any ade- 
quate intercourse with the parent Church in Scot- 
land, in those days of slow and irregular communica- 
tion. Moreover, there was no Presbytery in exist- 
ence, within the limits of Georgia itself, and any con- 
nection with a Presbytery in some other province 
would have been merely nominal, even if such a con- 
nection had been sought. This Presbyterian Church 
was by no means the only one which was at that 
time " Independent Presbyterian" in name or in 
fact ; nor is it the only one which continued this par- 
ticular form of Presbyterianism from choice, even 
when it could no longer be regarded as a matter of 
necessity. A prominent instance within this neigh- 
borhood was that of the Scotch Church in Charleston, 
which continued to be an Independent Presbyterian 
Church for more than one hundred and fifty years 
after its organization in 1731 ; and which, on con- 



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necting itself with a Presbytery in 1882, was given 
the title of "First Presbyterian Church in Charles- 
ton," in recognition of the fact that it had not ceased 
to be Presbyterian by continuing for a century and a 
half to be Independent Presbyterian. Similar or- 
ganizations are still to be found in other cities also. 

In the case of our own Church, this particular 
form of Presbyterianism, which was adopted at its 
origin, has been continued through each successive 
generation without interruption to the present day. 
The circumstances have been such that this peculiar- 
ity of organization has been for the w r elfare of the 
Church itself ; and such an instance is not without 
benefit to Presbyterianism at large, by showing that 
it is a system of organization which can be applied 
with success, not only to a wide-reaching denomina- 
tion, but also to a single congregation, unconnected 
with any other by official ties. 

The first House of Worship used by this Inde- 
pendent Presbyterian Church of Savannah was a 
brick building, erected on the "Lot K," mentioned in 
the grant of 1756, which is described, according to 
the present names of the streets, as betw r een Bryan 
and bt. Julian streets, facing west on Market square 
and extending east to Whitaker street. 

The first settled pastor was the Rev. John Joa- 
chim Zubly, D. D., whose learning, ability and force 
of christian character did so much to shape for good 
the course of chuivh life in the young organization. 
His influence was the more marked, as he was called 
to the pastorate in April, 1758, and assumed full 
charge in 1760, continuing until 177S. This period of 



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eighteen or twenty years, at the very outstart of 
the new enterprise, has left its impress upon the 
entire succeeding history of the Church. Dr. Zubly 
was born at St. Gall, Switzerland, August 27, 1724, 
was ordained in London August 19. 1744, and came 
immediately to take charge of churches in the vicin- 
ity of this city. He was thus known to the commu- 
nity here most favorably for at least thirty-eight 
years before his fioal departure from Savannah. His 
choice to act as representing Georgia in the Conti- 
nental Congress of 1775 and 1776, is but one further 
indication of the widely felt and strong impression 
made by him in those early days. 

After Dr. Zubly, followed the Eev. Messrs. Phillips 
(1778 to 1790), Johnston (1790 to 1793), McCall 
(1794 to 1796), Monteith (1797 to 1799), Smith (1800 
to 1803) and Clarkson (1803 to 1806). The first 
church edifice whs burned in 1796, and the frame 
building which replaced it was finished in 1800, be- 
ing erected on "Lot Q" on St. James square, between 
York and President streets, just opposite the present 
Trinity Methodist Church, to the eastward. Sunday- 
school work is traced back as far as the year 1804, 
though no separate building was as yet provided 
for it. 

The next period of marked advance began with 
the pastorate of the Rev. Henry Kollock, D. D., in 
1806. The building on Wright square, known at 
the time of its removal in 1889 as occupied by 
the Kollock family, was purchased in 1815 for 
a parsonage at a cost of $8,000. But the chief 
outward memorial of the advance made by the 



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Church under Dr. Kollock's pastorate was the 
erection (1817-1819) of the granite building which 
for severity years thereafter was such a prominent 
feature in Savannah. It speaks much for pastor 
and people, and for iheir standing with the com- 
munity at large, that in a city which is said to have 
numbered only about 10,000 inhabitants such a 
building should have been erected. Its cost, exclu- 
sive cf the five lots, was over $96,000, and though its 
seating capacity was such as to accommodate 1,350 
persons, it is described as none too large for the con- 
gregation which used it. Tne middle aisle was 
eleven feet wide, and the side aisles four and a half 
feet each, the main building being eighty by a hun- 
dred feet, and the steeple 223 feet high. The records 
of .the time show many indications of the interest 
felt in the new structure, such as the attendance of 
the President of the United States with his suite, 
and other prominent personages, at the dedication 
services. The stately simplicity of the building, 
with its singularly successful adaptation to the 
climate and environment, made it at once the 
most striking feature in the architectural outline of 
the city, even to the casual passer-by ; and it had 
much to the eye of a permanent worshipper which 
served to awaken that marked attachment to it 
which entered into the very heart of the people. In 
the stone tablet over the main entrance the building 
was declared to be "sacred to Divine worship," and 
Dr. Kollock's dedication sermon fittingly emphasized 
the fact that it was solely for spiritual uses. In fact, 
this outward home was but in keepiug with the en- 



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larged and striking development of the Church fam- 
ily which occupied it. It was not only the Church 
of Stone, but first and most of all the Church Spir- 
itual, which was built up duriDg the pastorate of Dr. 
Kollock. 

His death c ime only seven months after this ded- 
ication service, and the whole city united to do 
honor to his memory. He was born in 1778, 
the year wlien Dr. Zubly's pastorate ended ; was or- 
dained ill 1800, and given the degree of D. D. at 
Princeton in 1806, when, at the age of twenty-eight, 
he began pastoral work here in Savannah. At one 
time it was his desire to have the Church connect 
itself with the Presbytery, of which he himself had 
become a member. So strong was the disinclination 
of the people toward such a connection, however, that 
Dr. John Cumming was sent to the Presbytery with 
Dr. Kollock expressly in order to make it known 
that Dr. Kollock's membership with that body was 
confined to himself personally, and did not in any 
way alter the continued independence of the Church. 
(See documents quoted in Mr. Stoddard's History, 
etc.) 

After Dr. Kollock's deatb, the pulpit was supplied 
for brief terms by several ministers in succession, 
and then the Rev. Samuel D. Howe, D. D., of New 
Brunswick, held the pastoral charge from 1823 to 
1827. 

It was during these years (1820 to 1827) that Low- 
ell Mason, the well-known composer, acted as organ- 
ist for this Church. One pleasant reminiscence of 
his stay is connected with his composition at that 



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time of the tune which has ever since been so gen- 
erally used for Hebers missionary hymn, "From 
Greenland's Icy Mountains." This tune was first 
sung at a missionary meeting in this Church, Mr. 
Mason acted as Superintendent of the Sunday- 
school from 1315 to 1827, and this continued 
through that period to be the only Sunday-school in 
Savannah. Its sessions were held in the Chatham 
Academy, and the Sunday-school building was not 
erected for some years after this. 

This year, 1827, which closed the pastorate of Dr. 
Howe, also witnessed the formation of the next Pres- 
byterian Church in Savannah, namely, that which 
took the name "First Presbyterian Church," on ac- 
count of its being the first organized in connection 
with Presbytery. Mr. Lowell Mason and other mem- 
bers of the Independent Presbyterian Church who 
preferred to be under the jurisdiction of the General 
Assembly, were the founders of the new enterprise. 
According to the official records of the Presby- 
tery, the First Church was organized at a spec- 
ial meeting held in Savannah June 6, 1827. The 
result has proved that there is abundant room for 
both, and the two Churches have been helpers, one of 
the other, in many good works. Indeed, it might 
seem strange that no such step was taken still ear- 
lier, and that the Independent Presbyterian Cnurch 
should have stood *thus alone for seventy-two years 
before any other Presbyterian Church was formed in 
Savannah. It is a fact which we may warrantably 
interpret as no small tribute to the fidelity and effi- 
ciency of those who composed its membership in 



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that earlier period of which we have just been speak- 
ing. This earlier period may be considered as clos- 
ing with the three years (1828-1831) immediately 
following the event just narrated, years during which 
the Church was in charge of the Rev. Daniel Baker, 
D. D., then of Washington, D. 0. Ninety-eight 
members were added to the Church under his care in 
1831, but he felt himself called elsewhere, and his 
work here was terminated in tha*: year. 

With the same year, 1831, begins the later period 
of the Church history ; marked by the long-continued 
successive pastorates of the Rev. Dr. Willard Pres- 
ton (1831 to 1856) and the Rev. Dr. I. S. K. Axson 
(1857-)-). In 1833 a Sunday-school building was 
erected on the lot to the south of the church across 
the lane ; and just before Dr. Preston's death the 
present parsonage was erected, though he did not 
live to occupy it. The lot on which the parsonage 
was built is at the rear of the church, on South 
Broad street, comer of Whi taker, and measures 
sixty by ninety feet. The house itself cost over $17,- 
500. Dr. Preston's death occurred, as has just been 
mentioned, before the building was entirely finished, 
in April, 1856. A tablet was erected to his memory 
in the church, and a monument placed over his re- 
mains in the cemetery ; the grateful affection with 
which he was regarded being also shown by the pay- 
ment of an annuity to his widdV until her death, 
twelve years later. 

Dr. Axson was called to pastoral charge in 1857, 
so that there was but brief interval between these 
two pastorates, which, in succession, have carried 



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the Church over a period of more than a half 
century. This feature of permanence, so much de- 
sired and appreciated by the Church, is, in the case 
of Dr. Axson, the more remarkable, from the fact that 
he began work in such a condition of ill-health as to 
make it seem probable to him that his stay here could 
hardly be more than a brief one. It has continued, 
however, by God's blessing and to the great satis- 
faction of this people, for more than thirty-two years. 

In 1869 the Kev. N. P. Quarterman was called as 
Assistant Pastor, partly for the relief of Dr. Axson in 
the genera] work of the Church, but especially for the 
care of its mission work on Anderson street. 

For some time previous to this, prayer -meetings 
had been held in that vicinity by the young people 
of the Church, and a Sunday-school formed. One of 
the church members, Mrs. Mary Frew, presented a 
lot as the site for a chapel, and the Church ac- 
cordingly erected the building which is now in use. 
It was completed and occupied in 1869. Mr. Quar- 
terman remained for the four years until 1873. In 
1874 the Eev. E. C. Gordon was called as Junior 
Pastor, which position he occupied until the fall of 
1880. His place was then rilled by the Eev. Eobert 
P. Kerr. Upon Mr. Kerr's departure, in 1882, it was 
resolved to remit to the Anderson Street congrega- 
tion the choice of its own pastor. In November, 1886, 
an arrangement was made whereby a Bench of Elders 
was elected by that congregation, to whom this Church 
remitted the affairs pertaining to that part of 
the field. The minutes of the Anderson Street Ses- 
sion are submitted for approval to the Session of this 



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Church, and this Church still continues to supply a 
large part of the funds for the work and of the help- 
ers in carrying it on. There is, however, an increase 
in the proportion which that congregation is able to 
assume for itself, and the Mother Church regards 
with satisfaction the promising outlook before this, 
the youngest Presbyterian Church in Savannah. 

Another interesting feature in the Church life of 
the present is the administration of the "Telfair 
Fund." This comes from the bequest of Miss Mary 
Telfair, a member of the Church, who, at her death 
in 1875, left to it the building on the southwest corner 
of Bull and Broughton streets, in order that the funds 
arising from its possession might be of service to the 
Church itself, and also that it might be enabled to 
enlarge its benevolent distributions by giving $1,000 
yearly for the relief of feeble Churches in Georgia. 
Miss Telfair's will was disputed before the Courts 
for several years, but was eventually sustained, and 
this Church, to which she was so devotedly attached, 
has since then enjoyed the privilege of rendering 
larger help to the cause of Christ, as represented in 
the needy fields of work under care of the Presby- 
terian Assembly in this State. 

During the eight years through which the will was 
under consideration by the Courts, the interest had 
accumulated to such an extent that, when it was paid 
over to the Church, that part of it which was availa- 
ble for parish purposes was laid aside and used 
toward the erection of a new Sunday-school build- 
ing, on the site occupied since 1833 by the former 
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With the close of 1885, Dr. Axson remitted the full 
discharge of the active duties of the pastorate on ac- 
count of advancing age. The church, however, 
arranged that he should continue as Pastor Emeri- 
tus, and provided an annuity sufficient to insure his 
maintenance in easy and honorable circumstances 
through the remainder of his life. Such deeds speak 
louder than words of the work he has done and the 
place he holds in the midst of this community. 

In November, 188o\ the Rev. Leonard Woolsey 
Bacon, D. D., began his term of service with the 
Church and continued through the year 1887. 
Through the latter part of 1888 the pulpit was sup- 
plied by the Rev. Allen F. DeCamp. The system of 
rotary eldership was adopted by the church during 
this period, and various other provisions weie 
adopted concerning details of church life and work, 
which will be found in the Rules, etc., contained in 
this pamphlet. The first election of elders to serve 
for a limited term was held on February 19, 1888. 

The pulpit becoming vacant with the beginning of 
1889, a call was given to the Rev. J. Frederick 
Dripps, D. D., of Philadelphia, on the 24th of Febru- 
ary. Having accepted this call, he entered upon the 
discharge of his duties on Sunday, March 31 ; but 
before the next Sunday had arrived there came an 
occurrence which may best be described in the lan- 
guage of the following extract from the records of 
the Session, prepared by its clerk and signed by all 
its members : 

" On the evening of Saturday, April 6, 1889, a heavy 
calamity was sent upon this Church and congrega- 



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tion. At about 7 o'clock p. m. a fire broke out in a 
large dry-goods store on the southeast corner of 
Broughton and Barnard streets. It soon gained 
fierce headway, fanned by a northwest wind that was 
almost a gale, and a shower of sparks, cinders, and 
burning coals were scattered oyer a vast area of the 
city to the southward and eastward of the building 
in which the fire originated, the result being a great 
conflagration. Some of these combustibles lodged 
upon the projections of the church steeple and set it 
on fire at a point above the reach of all efforts to ex- 
tinguish it, and in a little while the whole steeple was 
in a blaze. The fire spread to the main body of the 
church, entirely destroying it, and now of the stately 
temple in which our fathers worshipped, and in which, 
for seventy years, the Word of God was faithfully 
preached to a waiting people, there remains but the 
ruined walls. 

''But disaster did not end here. The commodious 
Lecture-room and Sunday-school building, erected 
but five years since on the lot just south of the 
church, also caught fire and became a total wreck. 
At one time it was feared that the parsonage would 
likewise be destroyed — it was in great danger ; but 
willing hands labored to save it, and by the help of 
God their labors were successful. 

" Thus, in a few short moments, this people, as a 
congregation, was made homeless. But in the very 
hour of our great depression came signal and cheer- 
ing proof of the unity of God's people and the com- 
mon brotherhood of all who profess the name of 
Christ. While the ruins of our church were yet 



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smoking, a deputation from Christ Church was at 
hand to press upon us the use of their venerable 
building, and on the following day similar offers were 
received from the First Presbyterian Church, St. 
•John's Episcopal Church, the Baptist Church, Trinity 
Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church, and the 
Anderson Street Church. 

u On Monday, April 8, Session met with the Board 
of Trustees and some members of the Church to dis- 
cuss the situation, and it was formally 

"Resolved, That it is our desire and intention to re- 
build the church. 

" On the Thursday night following, a meeting of the 
members and pewh orders confirmed this action by a 
unanimous vote. 

'•'And now, that those who come after us may see 
that God's promises are true, and that He comforts 
and sustains His people in every trial, we, as a Ses- 
sion, wish to put upon record here our unwavering 
belief that this dispensation of His Providence is for 
our spiritual good, and for the upbuilding of His king- 
dom. Humbly bowing to our Father's will, and ask- 
ing His guidance, we pledge our time, our means, 
and our most earnest effort to the work of once more 
rearing upon its old foundations this temple to the 
living God. Amen. !; 

To this it may be added that the spirit which it 
expresses has, by God's blessing, animated the whole 
Church. 

After holding services in Christ Church on the day 
succeeding the fire, and in the First Presbyterian 
Church on the following Sunday, the Church ac- 



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cepted a cordial invitation to make perma- 
nent use of the new Sunday-school building 
of the Trinity M. E. Church. This provided a room 
seating five hundred persons, most comfortably fur- 
nished, and used by Trinity Church for Sunday-school 
purposes only. The room was offered for our Sun- 
day-school use also, but the Session judged it inad- 
visable to interfere thus with the regular services of 
the Trinity school. Until the removal of our Sun- 
day-school to Armory Hall it was enabled, through 
the courtesy of those in charge, to make use of Hun- 
ter Hall, in Chatham Academy, while the Infant 
School was provided with accommodation in the home 
of Mrs. Lathrop, No. 145 South Broad street. 

On the Thursday after the fire, meetings were held 
afternoon and evening in the lecture room of the 
Baptist Church. 

On Sunday morning, April 21, the Bev. Dr. Dripps 
was regularly installed as pastor, the sermon being 
preached by the Bev. W. T. Thompson, D. D., of 
Charleston, who also gave the Charges to pastor and 
people, while the Constitutional Questions were 
asked by the Bev. Dr. Axson, who presided. This 
installation service was held at the earliest available 
opportunity after the fire, as an indication that the 
regular work of the Church was to proceed without 
interruption or lessening of energy, even amidst the 
trying circumstances then existing. 

The Divine presence with the Church in its new 
conditions of life and work was further signified in 
connection with the June Communion, the first which 
was held after the fire. It was encouraging to have 



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an addition of thirty-two members, twenty-five upon 
confession of faith, but it was not these numbers so 
much as the marked indications of special grace at- 
tendant upon their ingathering which made the occa- 
sion so helpful to the congregation. 

There was so much difficulty attendant upon the 
work of preparing the plans and specifications neces- 
sary for an accurate reproduction of the former 
building, that the month of November had arrived 
before they were delivered to the Building Com- 
mittee by the architect, Mr. William G. Preston of 
Boston. In the same month a formal contract was 
made with the Messrs. Lewman to erect the building 
complete before Dec. 1st, 1890, for the sum of $114,- 
250, which would make the entire cost, including all 
furniture, etc., not less than $125,000. The work began 
at once, and on Jan. 13, 1890, the corner-stone was 
laid, that day being the seventy-third anniversary of 
the laying of the former corner-stone in 1817. A full 
account of the interesting and helpful exercises upon 
this occasion will be found in the Savannah Morning 
News of January 14, 1890. 

After the hymn, "The perfect world by Adam 
trod," an invocation was offered by Bev. J. E. L. 
Holmes of the Baptist Church, on Chippewa square, 
and Psalm cxxii. was read by Rev. J. W. Bogan of 
the First Presbyterian Church. This was followed by 
the hymn, "How firm a foundation ye Saints of the 
Lord." Addresses were then made in expression of 
sympathy and congratulation by Bev. Mr. McClesky, 
the pastor of Trinity M. E. Church, and Bev. Mr. 
White, the rector of Christ Church, who spoke on 



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behalf of our sister Churches, and also by Samuel B. 
Adams, Esq., the Counsel for the City Corporation, 
who had been requested to represent the community 
in general on this occasion. All these addresses were 
full of the most hearty good-will toward this church, 
and were marked by the spirit of sincere Christian 
fellowship. In the same spirit a response was made 
by Rev. Dr. Dripps, after which the venerable Dr. 
Axson formally laid the corner-stone, and Dr. Dripps 
offered prayer for Divine blessing upon the work. 
The services were closed with singing the doxology, 
"Praise God from Whom all blessings flow/' and 
the Apostolic Benediction. The Mayor and Alder- 
men, the city clergy and a large body of other friends 
were present. 

The impression made by the entire ceremony was 
most happy and encouraging. Such congratulation 
and good-will from sister Churches and from the com- 
munity at large furnish a singularly cheering ac- 
companiment to the work, and one which is the better 
appreciated by this Church because it has always 
sought to maintain on its own part the same spirit of 
fraternity. 

It is a significant fact, that until its destruction, 
the former church building was freely used in every 
suitable way for the broad and general interests of 
Christ's kingdom. On the very day of the fire it was ac- 
commodating the Young Men's Christian Association 
of Georgia in Annual Convention. It was always the 
favorite rallying point for united religious work. 
When other congregations were in need of shelter, it 
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Besides the distribution of the thousand dollars yearly 
to feeble churches, from the Telfair Fund, already 
mentioned, this congregation contributes largely 
and regularly to the various enterprises of the 
Presbyterian Church in the United States, and 
to similar causes. In the city of Savannah there 
is no benevolent enterprise with which it could find 
a suitable way to co-operate, to which it has not ren- 
dered aid ; doing this, not only by its own act as an 
organized body, but also by moving its members to 
go forth, in groups or singly, to work and to give. 

For example, the gracious and interesting work for 
young orphans, in "Little Minnie's Mission," is a 
child of this Church, founded by one of its mem- 
bers, who still continues to support it, and receiv- 
ing from the Church a constantly -increasing interest 
and affectionate sympathy. 

Hardly less intimate is the tie of affection with 
which it is bound to the Telfair Hospital for Women, 
a noble charity, originated and endowed by a devoted 
member of this Church. 

The Industrial Eelief Society, although originating 
and continuiDg as distinctively a union organization, 
traces its founding to one member of this Church, 
and the large endowment which it is now receiving 
to another. 

Even the institution which bears the name "Sa- 
vannah City Hospital" owes its magnificent endow- 
ment to a member of this Church, whose gift is com- 
memorated by a marble tablet in the hospital build- 
ing. 



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Both in the cumber of workers, and in the arduous 
responsibility of the positions which they occupy, 
the members of this Church are faithfully discharg- 
ing the obligations for aid and co-operation which it 
owes toward such organizations as those already 
named, and also to the Savannah Y. M. C. A., the 
Port Society, the Widows' Society, the Needle 
Woman's Friends' Society, the Female Orphan Asy- 
lum, the Georgia Infirmary, and the like. 

Without going further, this may suffice to show that 
this Church considers itself as but a steward for its 
Lord, and endeavors, as best it may, to discharge its 
debt of love to all in His name. 

The officers who issue this Manual are confident 
that such facts as these are enough to justify and 
confirm the utmost possible devotion, on the part of 
each member, toward this beloved Church, and the 
cause for which it stands. 

The various forms in which the Church proposes 
to carry on its work and worship for the coming year 
will be found appended to this historical sketch. 



CONSTITUTIONAL * PRINCIPLES 
AND * CHURCH * RULES. 



CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES. 

I. The Constitution of any Church derives all 
its authority from Holy Scripture ; and each of the 
laws and principles thereof must be understood and 
applied as subordinate to the Scripture. 

II. This Church, according to the Scriptural prin- 
ciple which is recognized by its grant and charter, 
consists of the body of communicant members and 
their baptized children who have here united them- 
selves together for the purpose of Christian worship 
and service, "agreeably to the Westminster Confes- 
sion of Faith." 

III. Its organization as an Independent Presby- 
terian Church implies (1) that its relation to other 
churches is simply one of fraternal comity, and not 
of subjection or control, and (2) that its govern- 
ment of its own affairs, while vested in the brother- 
hood of members, is exercised through a Session or 
Bench of Elders, chosen and appointed to that duty ; 
i. e., it is a Presbyterian Church, in that its government 
is thus representative through its Elders, instead of 
being purely democratic ; and it is an Independent 



24 Independent Presbyterian Church. 



Presbyterian Church, in that it is not subject to any 
appellate judicature, such as Presbytery, Synod or 
General Assembly. 

IY. The condition required in order to full mem- 
bership in this Church is, that the applicant make 
profession of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
obedience to Him: this profession being accompanied 
by habits of life which are not inconsistent there- 
with. Membership terminates only with death or 
due process of discipline or dismissal. 

Y. The officers of this Church are a Pastor or Pas- 
tors, a Bench of Elders, and, when practicable, a 
Board of Deacons. The Elders and Deacons are to be 
chosen from among those members of the Church who 
are marked by the high qualifications prescribed in 
the New Testament, and, while ordained for life, they 
are to serve for a limited term, as provided in the 
Church Bules. 

YI. To the Session, consisting of the Pastor or 
Pastors and Ruling Elders, is committed the general 
oversight and direction of the spiritual affairs of the 
Church, including the admission of new members, 
the dismissal of those removicg to other churches, 
processes of discipline, the administrarion of the 
Lord's Supper, the order of worship, the collection 
and distribution of gifts for charities and missions, 
the care of all funds belonging distinctively to the 
Church which are not committed to the Board of 
Trustets, and in general all the business of the 
Church which is not otherwise provided for. 
When a Board of Deacons exists, some of the above 
duties are to be assigned to it by the Session, and 



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more especially, as in the Apostolic Church, attention 
to the wants of sick and poor persons. 

VII. Inasmuch as all officers of the Church ex- 
ercise a delegated power, it is considered proper 
that their responsibility to the Church should be 
duly recognized, and that their acts should be regu- 
larly reported to the Church for its approval. 

VIII. In order to the proper conduct of this 
Church, it is held to be of essential importance 
that there shall be an annual meeting of its members, 
at which the annual report of the Elders, Deacons 
and 'other officers shall be presented and acted 
upon. 



CHURCH RULES AND BY-LAWS. 

OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH. 

Rule 1. The officers of this Church shall be a 
Pastor, or Pastors, not less than six Ruling Elders, 
and as many Deacons as the Church may deem neces- 
sary, to discharge the duties of the office. But if, 
at any time, whether through the withdrawal or 
death of an Elder, or the non-acceptance of the of- 
fice by one elected to it, there should be vacancies 
in the Bench of Elders, reducing its members to less 
than six, those who do hold the office shall still be 
considered the Session of the Church, and their acts 
of binding force ; provided, however, that in cases of 
discipline not less than three Elders shall constitute 
a quorum of Session. 



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VACANCY OF THE PASTORATE. 

Rule 2. When it becomes necessary to fill the 
pulpit, it shall be the duty of the Elders, acting in 
conference with the Trustees, to present to the con- 
gregation the person, or persons, who, in their judg- 
ment, are suited to the needs and desires of this 
Church and congregation. Until a permanent Pastor 
shall be elected the Elders and Trustees shall have 
authority and be required to provide temporary sup- 
ply, or supplies, for the pulpit — this authority not to 
extend over a period of one year unless renewed. 

Rule 3. The election of a Pastor shall be by bal- 
lot. Only the communicants and the pewholders 
may vote in the election for a Pastor. The Pastor- 
elect shall be notified by the Elders and Trustees of 
his call, and arrangements for ordination and instal- 
lation shall be made by them and the Pastor-elect. 
Although no limitation of time is placed upon the 
tenure of the pastoral office, it maybe terminated by 
mutual agreement, or by the settled decision of the 
Pastor to retire, or by the vote of the majority of 
those who are entitled to vote for the call of a Pas- 
tor. There shall be a reasonable notice of not less 
than three months of the proposed termination of 
the pastoral relation. A copy of these rules shali 
accompany the call. 

Rule 4. The compensation to be allowed a Pas- 
tor shall be fixed by the Elders and Trustees. 

Rule 5. The Pastor shall keep a record of all 
baptisms, marriages, and deaths, which record shall 
be the property of the church. 



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THE ELECTION OF ELDERS. 

Rule 6. Only communicant members shall vote 
in the election for Elders. The term of service for 
an Elder shall be six years, but, in this first election, 
the period of service shall be determined by the re- 
spective ages of the Elders elected, the two oldest 
serving for six years, the two next in age for four, 
and the two youngest for two years, and every two 
years thereafter there shall be an election to fill the 
vacancies that occur. This rule applies to Deacons 
as well. The election of Elders and Deacons shall 
be by ballot, a choice depending on the majority of 
the votes of those present. 

Rule 7. When the Session shall decide on the 
excommunication, suspension, or public admonition 
of a member there shall be the right of appeal to the 
male members of the church who are over twenty- 
five (25) years of age. After a fair hearing the vote 
of this tribunal shall be final. The accused person 
shall have the right of representation by counsel, 
both before the Session and before that portion of 
the Church to which he has the right of appeal, but 
no person shall be permitted to act as counsel who 
is not a communicant in good standing in a Christian 
Church. 

Rule 8. Any communicant who removes his resi- 
dence permanently from the city, or remains absent 
for more than one year, shall not be entitled to a 
vote on any question, and any member who shall be 
absent for four years without satisfactory reasons 
shall be transferred to some other church or dropped 



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from the roll after due notification, or put on the list 
of members lost sight of. 

Rule 9. All collections taken up during any of the 
church services shall be under the control of Ses- 
sion exclusively, as also the selection and control of 
the choir and all other matters pertaining to the 
service. 

Rule 10. All matters pertaining to the secular 
affairs of the Church, care of property and payment 
of all salaries, shall be under the control of the Trus- 
tees exclusively. 

Rule 11. No one under sixteen years of age shall 
be entitled to~a vote in the affairs of this Church at 
any time. 

Rule 12. No voting shall be allowed by proxy in 
this Church at any time except by resident members 
in full communion and pewholders unavoidably de- 
tained from the meeting. Proxies must be in writ- 
ing and must specify the purpose for which they are 
given. 

Rule 13. Trustees shall be elected annually ac- 
cording to the terms of the charter. 

Rule 14. The Trustees shall have no power to sell 
or dispose of any property of the Church without 
first obtaining authority from the Church, nor shall 
they have power to incur any debt in the name of 
the Church unless specially authorized by the Church 
so to do. 

Rule 15. The Trustees shall have no power to per- 
mit the church or Sunday-school rooms to be used 
for any purpose other than the regular meetings of 



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the Church and Sunday-school without the consent 
of Session. 

Rule 16. A quorum of any Church meeting shall 
consist of fifty members. 

Rule 17. One week's notice shall be given from 
the pulpit of all Church meetings for the transaction 
of business when practicable. 

Rule 18. The chairman of any meeting shall be 
elected by the body assembled. 

Rule 19., The annual meeting of the Church shall 
be held on the evening of the second Monday in Jan- 
uary, of which notice shall be given from the pulpit 
at least one week in advance. The meeting being 
called to order, a chairman and secretary shall be 
chosen by those present. The latter shall serve as 
secretary of all Church meetings until the next an- 
nual meeting, and it shall be his duty to keep an 
accurate record of all meetings. The meeting shall 
be opened by the reading of the Scriptures and 
prayer. The records of the preceding annual meet- 
ing and of subsequent meetings shall be presented 
and acted upon. Other business which may properly 
be transacted by the Church may be brought for- 
ward, and the meeting shall be closed with prayer. 

Rule 20. Special meetings of the Church may be 
called by the Pastor at any time, and shall be so 
called at the request of any five members, due notice 
being given according to Rule 17. 

Rule 21. There shall be an "Annual Church Book" 
published by Session, containing a record of the an- 
nual and other Church meetings, roll of members, etc. 



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Rule 22. The above rules and by-laws are subject 
to amendment by a two-thirds vote of the members 
present at an annual meeting, notice of such pro- 
posed amendment having been given at any previous 
meeting. 

OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 

Rule 23. The officers of the Sunday-school shall 
consist of a Superintendent, First Assistant Superin- 
tendent, Second Assistant Superintendent, Librarian 
and Secretary and Treasurer. All the above officers 
shall be elected by the ex-officers and the teachers 
of the school by ballot (or viva voce should the meet- 
ing so decide) on the last Sunday of November of 
each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to 
serve for one year. After the election, a ratification 
by the Session of the Church shall be necessary be- 
fore the offices shall be considered as filled for the 
year. The selection of Superintendent and Assistant 
Superintendent of the Primary Department and of 
the teachers will devolve upon the Superintendent of 
the school. The rules of order for the government 
of the school shall also be made by the Superintend- 
ent in office. The Superintendent is expected to 
make a report on the last Sunday of his term of office 
to the teachers concerning matters of interest in the 
school during the year, including the amount of 
money collected, and how disbursed. He is also ex- 
pected to make a similar report to the Church at the 
annual meeting, unless one has already been made at 
the Sunday-school anniversary. A meeting of teach- 
ers shall be held each month or oftener to transact 



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business or exchange views concerning the welfare of 
the school, at which meeting the minutes of the last 
meeting shall be read and a record of the meeting 
kept by the Secretary of the Sunday-school. 



ORGANIZATION * FOR * WORK 
AND * WORSHIP. 



It is highly important that the plan by which this 
Church is organized for service should be clearly un- 
derstood by all, io order to the intelligent co-opera- 
tion of each member. 

According to its own statement, this Church itself 
is "the body of communicant members and their 
baptized children who have united themselves to- 
gether for the purpose of Christian worship and ser- 
vice, agreeably to the Westminster Confession of 
Faith ; " and " its government, while vested in the 
brotherhood of members, is exercised through a Ses- 
sion or Bench of Elders chosen and appointed to that 
duty;" or, as again repeated, "its government is 
representative through its Elders, instead of being 
purely democratic." 

It is further provided that " to the Session, which 
consists of the Pastor or Pastors and Euling Elders, 
is committed the general oversight and direction of 
the spiritual affairs of the Church, * * * and 
in general all the business of the Church which is not 
otherwise provided for." 

This form of organization was transmitted directly 
from the Church of Scotland, with which the found- 
ers of this Church were in membership. It bases 



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itself upon the fact that all authority is originally 
vested in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that He com- 
mits authority to the whole body of communicants, 
with the provision that its actual exercise shall be 
entrusted to Elders chosen by the people under His 
direction. His inspired word provides for the ex- 
istence of this office of Eldership, and His divine 
Spirit provides direction in the choice of men to ex- 
ercise it. On the one side, therefore, these Presby- 
ters, or Elders, represent the people who elect them, 
and on the other side they represent the Lord Him- 
self, under whose direction they are elected and from 
whom all their authority is derived. They are 
responsible for the exercise of this authority, both to 
the Lord and to the people. This relation between 
the people, the Elders, and their commpn Lord is 
given visible expression with peculiar solemnity 
at those times when the Church undertakes its most 
sublime and important transaction, namely its Com- 
munion with Christ ; when the body of communi- 
cants before the table, headed by the Session within 
the chancel, are bowed in adoration before the King 
himself. 

This Church, as a religious organization, consists, 
therefore, of these " communicant members and their 
baptized children," as headed by the Presbyters or 
Elders, one of whom is the Pastor ; and being thus 
organized, it commits authority, for divers purposes, 
to various* persons. Special business which affects 
spiritual interests alone, including the election of 
Elders, is committed to a Church meeting, i. e., to 
an assembly of communicants such as are, accord- 



Organization for Work and Worship. 35 



irig to the rules, qualified to vote. Special business 
which is of such a nature as to affect other interests 
also, including the election of a Pastor, is committed 
to a "Meeting of the Congregation," which differs 
from a Church meeting in one respect, namely, that 
persons who are pewholders without being also com- 
municants are admitted to take part with the body 
of Church members in this matter. 

This Church, thus composed of communicant and 
baptized members and organized with Elders for the 
sake of religious work and worship, is also the owner 
of certain property and funds for the maintenance 
of this work and worship. The business transac- 
tions which thus become necessary it performs 
through its Board of Trustees, which acts as the 
agent and representative of the Church for this par- 
ticular purpose. These various relations were main- 
tained without any charter from the State for more 
than a half century. In the year 1806, however, the 
Church decided to facilitate the performance of this 
part of its business by procuring a charter, whereby it 
received the rights and privileges of a body corpo- 
rate. Under this charter, the Board of Trustees is 
legally recognized as entitled to hold, in- the name of 
the Church and for its use, the property which the 
Church owns, and to perform any business transac- 
tion of which the Church may have need. 

In the Bules adopted by the Church it commits to 
this Board " all matters pertaining to the secular af- 
fairs of the Church, care of property, and payment 
of all salaries ; " with the proviso that " the Trustees 
shall have no power to sell or dispose of any prop- 



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erty of the Church without first obtaining authority 
from the Church ; nor shall they have power to in- 
cur any debt in the name of the Church, unless spe- 
cially authorized by the Church so to do." This 
"oversight of the outward business of the House of 
God" is so valuable and important an element in 
church work as to call for special recognition in this 
connection. 

In the present emergency of our church life the 
responsibility of re-erecting the House of Worship 
has been entrusted to a Building Committee and a 
Committee on Ways and Means, whose honorable 
and difficult work speaks for itself. 

Of the more directly spiritual work of the Church 
no part is more important than that which it trans- 
acts in the Sunday-school, a work to which the Ses- 
sion gives especially close supervision and assist- 
ance, and whose current expenses are payable from 
the common church fund. The Pastor of the Church 
is the Pastor of the Sunday-school ; and, in fact, the 
meetings of the Sunday-school are as truly meetmgs 
of the Church itself as either of the other assemblies 
for worship on the Lord's Day. 

In addition to such work as this, which combines 
together both sexes, and all ages, there are other 
forms of church work which are best performed by 
some special class of members. The plan here 
adopted includes, therefore, on the one hand, the 
Pastoral Aid Society for Woman's Work, with an 
auxiliary for young ladies, and one for school girls; 
and, on the other hand, the organization for boys, 



Organization for Work and Worship. 37 



and that for young men, with which the older men 
are associated as honorary members. 

The object desired is to afford the utmost freedom 
for the development of any new form of work, even 
beyond the societies and committees which are 
now on the list, until every member of the church 
has a place with some company of workers; while, 
at the same time, these various companies are so 
united into groups, and brought thereby within the 
supervision of the Session, that the needful unity of 
church life is fully maintained. In no case is any 
work undertaken for the mere sake of increasing ac- 
tivity, but only so far as Divine Providence points 
out a duty to be done, and willing hands are found 
to do it. The utmost possible simplicity in organiza- 
tion has been sought, and success in the work has in 
no wise been expected from the machinery itself, but 
rather from the living Spirit of Christ, under whose 
influence it is formed and operated. 

Every Sunday morning, forty-five minutes before 
the church service, there is a prayer-meeting for 
boys and one for girls, and, in each case, every mem- 
ber present takes an active share, ordinarily, in every 
part of the exercises. Among the other results of 
these organizations is the interesting work of the 
girls at the Little Minnie's Mission, and that which 
is carried on by each of the Look-Out Committees. 
Attention might also be called to the young men's 
work as ushers, etc., and that of the young ladies in 
providing flowers and aiding the music, as also in 
executing orders for fancy work, so as to earn money 
for contributing to the building fund. A weekly 



38 Independent Presbyterian Church. 



Bible reading is held for ladies on Tuesday after- 
noons, and for the younger ladies on Friday morn- 
ings. 

The most complete explanation of the system in 
its details will be found in the working of the Pas- 
toral Aid Society, which groups together the various 
organizations for Woman's Work. These include 
the usual Home and Foreign Mission Societies, with 
a City Mission Society and organizations for differ- 
ent kinds of work within the congregation itself. 

There are also committees for aid to those benevo- 
lent institutions in the city which desire co-opera- 
tion from the people of this Church. The Church 
itself accepts willingly the sacred obligation to ren- 
der all possible aid to such charitable societies ; and 
the members of these various committees help to- 
ward the discharge of this obligation, both by the 
work which they themselves perform, and by their 
endeavors to enlist other workers and contributors 
from the congregation, or to secure from it any other 
form of sympathetic co-operation which may be de- 
sired. 

The aim of the Pastoral Aid Society is simply that 
of securing the harmony and orderly working of 
these active societies and committees. This aim it 
seeks to attain by bringing them all together in a 
united assembly, meeting three times in the year, at 
which a written report is received from each, and 
opportunity is given for mutual conference ; and also 
by the appointment of an Executive Committee, 
which serves to ensure that even ia the intervals be- 
tween these meetings there shall be mutual helpful- 



Organization for Work and Worship. 39 



ness and orderly combination. This Executive Com- 
mittee acts also as an Advisory Committee for the 
Young Ladies' Auxiliary and the Girls' Auxiliary. 

The Constitution and By-Laws of this society will 
be found herewith. 

THE PASTORAL AID SOCIETY. 

CONSTITUTION. 

1. Name. — This Association shall be called the 
Pastoral Aid Society of the Independent Presby- 
terian Church of Savannah. 

II. Object. — Its object shall be to aid in the 
pastoral care of church work by bringing together 
for conference and co-operation the various ladies' 
societies and committees of the congregation, and 
by forming others when needful, subject always to 
the approval of the Church Session. 

III. Membership. — Any lady in this congregation 
who is willing to do service in connection with one 
of the aforesaid societies or committees shall be eli- 
gible as a member of this Society, and her accept- 
ance of membership shall be expressed by signing 
this Constitution. 

IY. Oegankatton — 1. Its officers shall be a 
President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a 
Treasurer. 

2. These five officers shall act as an Executive 
Committee. It shall confer with the various socie- 
ties aod committees herein represented, in order to 



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secure their effective co-operation, and may form 
new organizations when needful, or add new mem- 
bers to those already existing, by consent of the 
parties interested, its proceedings being subject 
always to the approval of the Society. 

3. Each of the organizations herein represented 
shall be entirely free in the performance of its own 
work, while avoiding all interference with that of 
others ; and in order to secure their sympathy and 
co-operation, it shall present a report of its work at 
each regular meeting of this Society. 

4. Whenever there may be formed a committee 
for aid to a benevolent institution outside of this 
Church, its object shall be to make the institution 
better known among our people and to secure for it 
any co-operation which it may desire from them. 
Such committee shall consist, when possible, of 
those members of this Society whom the institution 
itself has recognized as managers or helpers. 

Y. Meetings. — 1. The regular meetings of this 
Society shall be held within the last week of October, 
January and April. 

2. The annual meeting shall be held in April, at 
which time the Executive Committee shall present, 
through the Secretary, a report of woman's work in 
this Church for the preceding year, and the election 
for officers shall be held. 

3. Special meetings may be called by the Execu- 
tive Committee at any time. 

4. Seven members shall constitute a quorum. 

5. Any member of this Society absenting herself 
from its public meetings for a year without being 



Organization for Work and Worship. 41 



excused by the Executive Committee shall be con- 
sidered as having resigned her membership. 

6. The motto of this Society shall be 

"Faith Working Through Love." 

7. This Constitution may be amended by a three- 
fourths vote of those present at any regular meet- 
ing, provided that notice be given in advance to the 
Executive Committee. 

BY-LAWS. 

I. The list of organizations represented in this So- 
ciety shall be as follows : 

The Home Mission Society. 

The Foreign Mission Society. 

The City Mission Society. 

The Church Visiting Committee. 

The Social Beception Committee. 

The Sunday School Aid Committee, to organize the 
scholars for aid to the building fund. 

The Committee on care of Church Buildings and 
Parsonage. 

The Ladies' Bible-Keading Committee. 

The Committee on the Telfair Home Bible Class. 

The Committee on Boys' Free Night School. 

The Advisory Committee for the Auxiliaries to this 
Society. 

The Committee for aid to Anderson Street Sunday- 
school. 

The Committee for aid to the Little Minnie's Mis- 
sion. 

The Committee for aid to the Telfair Hospital. 



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The Committee for aid to the Savannah Hospital. 

The Committee for aid to the Auxiliary of the 
Georgia Infirmary. 

The Committee for aid to the Female Orphan 
Asylum. 

The Committee for aid to the Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary. 

The Committee for aid to the Savannah Port 
Society Auxiliary. 

The Committee for aid to the Savannah Widows' 
Society. 

The Committee for aid to the Industrial Relief 
Society. 

The Committee for aid to the Needle-Women's 
Friends' Society, and to the Woman's Exchange. 

II. The regular meetings shall be held on Thurs- 
day afternoons at the close of the Prayer-meeting. 

III. The order of exercises shall be as follows : 

1. Devotional exercises. 

2. Roll-call. 

3. Reading of minutes. 

4. Calling the roll of societies and standing com- 
mittees in order to receive the report of each. 

5. Unfinished business. 
6 New business. 

7. Adjournment. 

IY. At the annual meeting the following order 
shall be observed after reading the minutes and 
before the reports from societies and committees: 

1. Appointment of committee to nominate officers 
for the ensuing year. 

2. Reading of annual report by the Secretary. 



Organization for Work and Worship. 43 

3. Report of Noniinatirjg Committee and election 
of officers. 

V. Amendment may be made to these by-laws at 
aDj regular meeting. 



FORMS OF WORSHIP. 



THE USUAL ORDER OF PUBLIC WORSHIP AT 
THE MORNING SERVICE. 

1. Doxology. (The congregation rising.) 

2. Invocation. (The congregation standing.) 

3. Hymn. 

4. Scripture lesson. 

5. Prayer. 

6. Notices. 

7. Collection, with sentences from Scripture, fol- 
lowed by brief prayer. 

8. Hymn. 

9. Sermon. 

10. Prayer. 

11. Hymn. (The congregation rising.) 

12. Benediction, preceded and followed by pause 
for silent prayer. 

EVENING SERVICE. 

The Doxology, Invocation, and Collection are 
omitted. 

INFANT BAPTISM. 

This is usually administered one week after the 
communion of the Lord's Supper, immediately fol- 
lowing the first hymn of the morning service. 
Address. Prayer. Baptism. Prayer. Hymn. 




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THE USUAL ORDER AT THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

1. Doxology. 

2. Invocation. 

3. Opening hymn. 

4. Notices, with any needful statement concerning 
the order of exercises. 

[The Elders come forward after the singing of the 
hymn following the sermon, which, in case new mem- 
bers are received, is the Consecration hymn, but 
otherwise the Sacramental hymn. Opportunity for 
leaving the church, or for any needful change of 
position, is given after the singing of the Sacramental 
hymn, but all persons are invited to remain through 
the entire service.] 

5. Collection for the poor, with sentences from 
Scripture, followed by brief prayer. 

6. Scripture lesson. 

7. Sacramental address. 

8. [Consecration hymn, reception of members, and 
hymn of fellowship.] 

9. Invitation to the Lord's Supper. 

10. Sacramental hymn. 

11. Prayer, and distribution of the bread. 

12. Prayer, and distribution of the cup. 

13. Closing hymn. 

14. Benediction, preceded and followed by pause 
for silent prayer. 



THE * PUBLIC * RECEPTION * OF 
CHURCH * MEMBERS. 



By the Presbyterian constitution, the entire re- 
sponsibility of deciding upon applications for Church 
membership is entrusted to the Session, which con- 
sists of the Pastor and Elders, so that the member- 
ship of any applicant begins from the moment he is 
accepted by vote of Session. It is, however, ex- 
pressly required in the case of any unbaptized per- 
son who is thus made a member of the Church, that 
he shall enter upon the actual exercise of his mem- 
bership by repeating before the congregation his 
confession of faith in Christ, and thereupon receiv- 
ing baptism. Even in the case of those who have 
received baptism in infancy as born within the pale 
of the visible church, it is highly expedient that 
when their membership is confirmed and completed 
by an admittance to full communion, they also shall 
repeat their confession of faith in the presence of 
their fellow members, in order to have public recog- 
nition and welcome from the Church. 

It is carefully to be noted that the confession 
which is required in order to membership is simply 
that of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and obedience 
to Him. The words which were used in A. D. 1729 
on behalf of the Presbyterians in this country are 
heartily endorsed by this Church, viz.: "We are 
willing to admit to fellowship in sacred ordinances 



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all such as we have ground to believe Christ will at 
last admit to the kingdom of heaven.*' 

There is a most important difference between the 
requirement which is made upon private members 
and that which is made upon public officers. The 
Church, as an organization, does hold faithfully to 
the system of doctrine which is contained in the 
Westminster Standards ; and before any person is 
given authority to represent the Church by holding 
one of its public offices, he must be able to declare 
that he in person does sincerely accept and believe 
that system as true. But private members are con- 
sidered as learners rather than teachers. All that 
is asked concerning their religious opinions is, that 
they do not interfere with trusting and obeying 
Christ as their God and Saviour, or with seeking the 
peace and welfare of the Church. It is upon these 
cherished principles of oar beloved Church, which 
combine faithfulness to the truth with the utmost 
breadth of christian liberality, that the following 
services are formed. 

FOR MEMBERS ALREADY BAPTIZED. 

Beloved in the Lokd : It is your custom to give 
public recognition and welcome to the baptized mem- 
bers of the Church whom the Session has received 
into full communion upon confession of faith. 
We present to you for this purpose (A and B), who 
will now come forward. 

Dearly Beloved : In the name of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and by His authority, your confession of faith 
has been accepted by the Elders of the Church, and 



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your membership has been made full and complete. 
You are now to repeat that confession openly in the 
presence of your fellow members, and thereupon to 
receive their welcome. The covenant which was 
made for you by your parents at baptism, you do 
thus, by your own act, ratify and confirm ; the Lord 
also confirm you unto the end, that you may be 
blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

[in case any aee to be baptized. 

The Session has admitted into the Church (C and 
D), icho will now make 'public confession of faith, and 
thereupon receive baptism.] 

Dearly Beloved : Eemember the words of the 
Lord Jesus, how He said : " Whosoever shall confess 
me before men, him shall the Son of Man also con- 
fess before the angels of God." 

Now, therefore, in the presence of men and angels, 
and of the Lord Himself, do you take God to be 
your Father, the Son to be your Saviour, and the 
Holy Ghost to be your Sane tin er ; and to this glori- 
ous Trinity, one God, do you heartily consecrate 
yourself forever '? 

Do you engage to be diligent in the use of the 
means of grace, such as prayer, the reading of the 
Scriptures, and devout attendance on the public wor- 
ship and ordinances of God's house ? 

Do you promise to seek the peace, the puritv and 
the prosperity of this Church, to walk in brotherlv 
love with its members and to render due submission 
to its constituted authority ? 

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Divine grace, do you engage to keep this covenant 
to the end of life ? 

[The Ordinance of Baptism will now be administered 
with prayer for the divine blessing. 

[IN CASE ANY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY LETTER. 

The Session recommends to your Christian confidence and 
affection, as duly received into this Church upon certificate 
{E from the Church of F), who will now arise.'] 

And now, in token of acceptance and welcome, let 
all the members of this Church arise. 

We, therefore, your fellow members in the Body 
of Christ, do give you hearty welcome in the name 
of the Lord Jesus to sit down with us at His table. 
Your covenant with the Lord of the Church has 
brought you into covenant with the Church itself. 
We accept the same on our part, and invoke for you, 
as for ourselves, the grace to keep it faithfully, even 
to the end. 

The right hand of fellowship will now be given to 
you by the Pastor and Elders while the hymn of fel- 
lowship is sung by the Church : — 

Blest be the tie that binds 

Our hearts in Christian love ; 
The fellowship of kindred minds 

Is like to that above. 

Before our Father's throne 

We pour our ardent prayers ; 
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, 

Our comforts and our cares. 

The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord 
make His face shine upon you and be gracious to 
you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you 
and give you peace. Amen. 



THE * INVITATION * TO * THE * LORD'S 
SUPPER. 



Let us hear the Word of the Lord concerning this 
Holy Supper,, as it is written in the first epistle to 
the Corinthians at the eleventh chapter : 

" For I have received of the Lord that which also 
I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same 
night in which He was betrayed, took bread : And 
when he had given thanks, He brake it, and said : 
Take, eat : this is my body which is broken for you : 
this do in remembrance of me. After the same 
manner also He took the cup, when he had supped, 
saying : This cup is the new covenant in my blood : 
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of 
me. For as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do show the Lord's death, till He come." 

It is, therefore, by the express command of our 
Lord himself, that we observe this Communion 
Feast. Until He come again His people are to eat 
this bread and drink this cup, in remembrance of 
Him. 

I am charged to remind you that " it is of inesti- 
mable benefit, to strengthen Christ's people against 
sin ; to support them under troubles ; to encourage 
and quicken them in duty ; to inspire them with love 
and zeal ; to increase their faith and holy resolution ; 
and to beget peace of conscience, and comfortable 
hopes of eternal life." 



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I am also charged to give warning that the profane 
and scandalous, and those who are w.llfully purposed 
in their hearts to continue indulging themselves in 
any known sin, are not to approach this holy table. 

On the other hand, I am to invite unto it those of 
you who are sensible of your lost and helpless state 
by sin, and who therefore depend upon the atone- 
ment of Christ for pardon and acceptance with God ; 
who are sufficiently instructed in Gospel truth to un- 
derstand the meaning and use of this ordinance; and 
who desire to renounce their sins, being determined 
b} Christ's grace to lead a holy life, in love toward 
God, with peace and charity toward men, " forgiving 
one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath for- 
given you." 

I therefore cordially invite all such as are here 
described, and especially if they are visitors from 
other Churches, to partake with us. It is the table 
of the Lord, and not ours ; whomsoever the spirit of 
the Lord invites, let not man hinder from coming. 

Neither let us be discouraged because of the sins 
and imperfections which yet remain within us, even 
against our will, but remember his own most gracious 
word, 

41 Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy- 
laden, and I will give you rest." 

"They that are whole need not a physician, but 
they that are sick ; I came, not to call the righteous, 
but sinners." 

" Behold, I stand at the door and knock ; if any 
man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in 
to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." 



THF PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS. 



Let us hear the word of God as it is written in 
the Gospel according to Mark, at the tenth chapter, 
beginning with the thirteentli verse : "And they 
brought young children to Him, that He should 
touch them ; and His disciples rebuked those that 
brought them. But when Jesus saw it, He was 
much displeased, and said unto them : Suffer the 
little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, 
for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say 
unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom 
of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 
And he took them up in His arms, put his hands 
upon them and blessed them." 

Deaely Beloved : In this comfortable word of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, we are encouraged to bring 
our little children unto Him for His blessing. And 
although we are at all times to bring them before 
him in the sure hope of his favor, yet are we chiefly 
so to do when we present them for the holy ordinance 
of baptism, wherein the seal is set to their member- 
ship in His church, and to our covenant with the 
Lord himself concerning them. 

In this covenant, He engages on His part to be a 
God unto us and to our seed after us ; and on our 
part, we engage by His divine help to teach them 
the Word of God, to pray with them and for them, 



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to set before them an example of piety and Godli- 
ness and to endeavor by all the means of God's 
appointment to bring them up in the nurture and 
admonition of the Lord. 

Do you now accept this covenant on your part, 
and engage by God's help to keep it faithfully ? 

Prayer. Baptism. Prayer. Hymn. 



THE MARRIAGE SERVICE. 



God, be merciful unto us, and bless us, and cause 
His face to shine upon us. 

Dearly Beloved : This holy estate of matrimony 
was established by God, our Creator, in the Garden 
of Eden. It was confirmed by the gracious presence 
and blessing of God, our Savior, at the wedding in 
Cana. And God, the Holy Ghost, hath declared it 
honorable in all, and made it a s} mbol of the union 
between Christ and his Church. 

Wherefore marriage is in itself a holy thing, and 
well pleasing in the sight of God, the Father, Son, 
and Holy Ghost. Let us pray. 

Most gracious God, our heavenly Father, we be- 
seech Thee for these, Thy children, that they may, 
with reverent trust in Thee, enter into this covenant of 
marriage. Look upon them with Thy favor and 
blessing ; and do Thou bear witness to their vows, 
which are made not only to each other but to Thee. 
Grant this, O Father, with the forgiveness of our 
sins, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son. Amen. 

In further token of your desire and purpose, let 
each of you now take the other by the right hand. 

[to the man.] 

Do you, [A,] take her whom you now hold by the 
hand, before God and these witnesses, to be your 



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wife? Do you promise to love her, honor her, de- 
fend her, sustain and cherish her in joy and in sor- 
row, in health and in sicknes, in prosperity and in 
adversity ; to be faithful to her in all things, as be- 
cometh a good husband, and never forsake her, so 
long as you both do live? [I do.] 

[TO the woman.] 

Do you, [B,] take him whom you now hold by the 
hand, before God and these witnesses, to be your 
husband? Do you promise to love him, honor him, 
cherish and obey him, in joy and in sorrow, in health 
and in sickness, in prosperity and in adversity ; to be 
faithful to him in all things, as becometh a good wife, 
and never forsake him as long as you both do live? 
[I do.] 

[in case a ring is to be used.] 

The man shall place the ring upon the third finger of 
the woman's left hand, and hold it there while the min- 
ister speaks as follows : 

[To the Man.] — Do you now give this ring in 
token that you will truly perform these your vows? 

[To tae Woman.] — Do you receive this ring in 
token of the same on your part ? 

Let each again take the other by the right hand. 

Now, therefore, in the name of the Father, Son, 
and Holy Ghost, I pronounce you husband and wife. 

What God hath joined together let not man put 
asunder. Let us pray. 

O God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in 
Whose name these twain have now been joined to- 



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gether, shine upon them with the fullness of Thy 
Divine Love, that they may faithfully keep this holy 
covenant of marriage, and may so dwell together in 
the unity of the spirit all their days, that in the 
world to come they may have life everlasting. Amen. 

The Lord bless you and keep you ; the Lord make 
his face shine upon you and be gracious unto you ; 
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give 
you peace. Amen. 



LIST OF RESIDENT CHURCH MEMBERS. 



Austin, Mrs. Ann 1858 

Adams, Mrs. Suzette R 1861 

Anderson, Mrs. Margaret R 1861 

Axson, Mrs. Ella L 1864 

Axson, Randolph 1867 

Anderson, Co). Clifford W 1875 

Anderson, J. Randolph 1876 

Anderson, Mrs. Florida L 1876 

Anderson, Mrs. Hannah 1877 

Anderson, Miss Sallie 1880 

Axson, Miss Alethea S 1881 

Axson, Miss Ellen W 1886 

Archer, John Lee 1886 

Axson, Randolph K 1887 

Burford, Mrs. Mary Kate 1876 

Burroughs, John W 1879 

Burroughs, Miss Alethea A 1881 

Blackshear, James E 1881 

Blackshear, Mrs. K M 1881 

Bashlor, Miss Frances E 1882 

Butler, W. C 1883 

Butler, Mrs. Mary W 1883 

Ballantyne, Mrs. Jane 1885 

Ballantyne, Miss Mary 1885 

Burdell, Robert F 1885 

Burroughs, Joseph H 1887 

Buckaer, Mrs. Hattie McL 1889 

Bell, Charles 1889 

Bell, Mrs. Kate M 1889 

Bulloch, Miss Margaret 1828 

Basinger, Mrs. Jane 1831 

Branch, Mrs. Charlotte S 1840 

Baker, William H 1855 



Resident Members. 59 

Baker, Mrs. Mary G 1860 

Brown, Mrs. Mary D 1864 

Butler, Kobert M. 1866 

Barnard, Mrs. Fannie E 1869 

Bee, Mrs. Eliza C 1871 

Bleck, Mrs. Annie C . 1871 

Ballantyne, Thomas 1875 

Bnrden\ Mrs. Mary 1 1884 

' Cul)bedge, Mrs. Danella 1874 

Clay, Joseph 1875 

Chisholm, Miss Georgia B ' 1878 

Clay, Miss Mary Eliza 1881 

Clay, Thomas Savage 1881 

Champion, William D 1882 

Crosby, Miss Jessie 1884 

Craig, John 1885 

Clay, Thomas C. 1889 

Clay, Mrs. Caroline M 1889 

Clay, William L 1889 

Clay, J. Starke 1889 

Clay, Miss Eliza C 1889 

Clay, Samuel L 1889 

Cunningham, Malcolm 1889 

Cunningham, Miss Jane L 1889 

Coburn, Miss Marv O 1889 

Cosby, Mrs. Marv L 1851 

Chisholm, Mrs. E. C. (Walter S.) 1855 

Cunningham, Mrs. Jane C. (C. M.) 1866 

Cunningham, Mrs. Sarah H. (H. C.) 1871 

Cope, Mrs. May (George L.) 1873 

Cope, Mrs. Harriet S. (J. E.) 1874 

Cunningham, Mrs. Mary 1874 

Cohen, Mrs. Elizabeth Scott 1890 

Dasher, Israel 1842 

Duncan, Mrs. Martha D 1863 

Dougan, Mrs. Elizabeth A 1873 

Dyer, Miss Marv H 1874 

Dougan, Peter M 1881 



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Dancy, Mrs. Sallie 1882 

Donalson, Mrs. Sarah E 1875 

Davenport, Archibald C 1888 

Davenport, Mrs. Jane E 1888 

Dale, Miss Jennie 1887 

Dixon, Miss Lettie 1887 

Dixon, Miss Carrie W 1889 

Dripps, Mrs. Emily D 1889 

Dripps, Kobert D 1889 

Dunwoocly, Mrs. Cornelia R 1888 

Drummond, Mrs. Helen C 1888 

Drummond, Mrs. Mav 1884: 

Davis, Mrs. Catherine 1879 

Edinondson, Mrs. Alida 1873 

Elliott, Mrs. Corrinne 1880 

Frew, Mrs. Mary 1840 

Farr, Thomas C 1859 

Farr, Joseph M 1859 

Farr, Mrs.Mary 1 1859 

Farr, Miss Mary M 1866 

Fawcett, Mrs. Isabella 1866 

Falconer, William 1882 

Farr, Richard B 1884 

Farr, Thomas C, Jr. , 1885 

Farr, Miss M. Isabelle .1884 

FlemiDg, R. G. 1885 

Fleming, Mrs. Annie 1885 

Fleming, Miss Yida 1885 

Fleming, Miss Eleanor 1885 

Freeman, Mrs. Sarah E 1889 

Fleming, Robert G 1889 

Grant, H. F 1868 

Grav, George S 1841 

Gilbert, Mrs. Anna M. 1860 

Gladding, Mrs. Susan E 1863 

Gardner, Mrs. Florence 1866 

Gilmer, Miss Louisa P. 1870 

Gray, Miss Maggie 1870 



Resident Members. 61 

Gilbert, Charles M 1874 

Gilmer, Mrs. Louisa . 1875 

Gribble, Mrs. Eliza 1880 

Gilbert, Miss L. B. 1881 

Grigor, Mrs. Elizabeth 1882 

Gnann, Miss Olive 1883 

Gregg, Albert L 1884 

Gilbert, Miss Lillian K 1884 

Glover, Mrs. Virginia 1885 

George, Miss Lina 1885 

Grigor, D 1885 

Gibbs, Mrs. Martha L 1875 

Gibbs, C. M 1889 

Greenlaw, J. J 1888 

Grigor, Miss Bessie Lee 1889 

Grigor, Miss Minnie K. . 1889 

Grigor, George Gordon 1889 

SL ©ibert, Mrs. Susan B. W 1889 

^Hardee, Mrs. Isabella S 1837 

Hollis, Mrs. Caroline . . 1842 

Harden, Thomas H 1845 

Habersham, Mrs. J. C 1845 

Habersham, Mrs. M. A. . 1858 

Hardee, Mrs. Helen M 1858 

Hardee, John L ... 1869 

Hopkins, Mrs. E. P 1868 

Houstoun, Mrs. Sallie 1871 

Hammond, Mrs. Mary Ella 1875 

Houstoun, Dr. J. P. S 1875 

Hopps, Mrs. Mary S 1877 

Hull, Miss Lucy G 1877 

Hunter, Miss Annie . . 1878 

Hays, Miss Jennie 1878 

Hopps, Dr. Daniel 1881 

Hopkins, William Trenholm 1882 

Hunter, Miss Minnie 1882 

Hunter, Miss Lilie 1882 

Hardee, Miss Helen S 1882 



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Henderson, Mrs. Frances , 1883 

Hart, Miss Lou 1884 

Hopkins, Miss Emma 1884 

Henderson, Mrs. M. E . , 1884 

Harris, Mrs. L. 1886 

Hutton, Hugh M 1886 

Hutton, Mrs. A. L 1886 

Haines, Robert L 1888 

Huger, Mrs. Mary S 1882 

Hummel, Mrs. L. M 1888 

Hunter, Miss Nellie 1887 

Hunter, Miss Amy W 1887 

Hopkins, Edward M 1887 

Hopkins, Mathew M 1887 

Hopkins, Mrs. Louisa M 1887 

Hull, Miss Harriet G 1889 

Iuglesby, Mrs. Mary 1888 

Johnson, Julian B 1889 

Jaudon, Miss Susie C 1889 

Jencks, Miss Eannie. 1864 

Jerguson, Andrew P 1882 

Johnson, Miss Mary 1883 

Johnson, Mrs. J. K 1884 

Jaudon, Mrs. Mary E 1885 

Johnson, Mrs. Annie C 1885 

King, Mrs. Mary E 1861 

King, Mrs. Annie W 1866 

King, Clifford B 1876 

Kelterborn, Miss Ellen 1883 

Kramer, Miss Matilda 1889 

Keevill, Mrs. Annie 1888 

Kreeger, Kobert G 1888 

Lewis, JohnN 1827 

Lewis, Mrs. Frances S 1831 

Law, James J 1842 

Lamar, Mrs. C. A 1843 

Lawton, Mrs. Sarah G 1847 

Lovell, Mrs. Emily..- 1864 



Resident Members. 63 

Law, Miss Williamini 1864 

Lovell, Mrs. Hopie 1869 

Law, William F. , 1870 

Lathrop, Mrs. Margaret A 1873 

Ludden, Mrs. M. J „ 1876 

Lufburrow, Mrs. Marian L 1879 

Lindner, Miss Pauline 1882 

Lindner, Miss Matilda .... 1884 

Lindner, Miss Elizabeth 1884 

Lindner, Henry 1886 

Lindner, Miss Gussie . 1886 

Law, Mrs. Annie u 1888 

Lindner, William 1889 

Lindner, Miss Hattie 1889 

Lovell, Joseph N 1889 

Lewis, Miss Margaret 1876 

Muir, Mrs. Ellen M 1867 

Mills, George J 1870 

Maclean, Mrs. Mary 1871 

Mackall, Mrs. Anna D 1874 

Maclean, Malcolm 1875 

Mell, George A 1876 

Mackall, W. W 1877 

Massey, Miss Fannie 1877 

Miller, Jefferson D 1881 

Mather, Elliot W. 1882 

Myers, Mrs. Mary E 1882 

Mallard, Wallace W 1882 

Mock, Miss Dora - 1883 

Moyle, James 1883 

Miller, James 1885 

Miller, Mrs. James 1885 

Mays, Mrs. Margaret 1885 

Maxwell, Miss Grace 1888 

Mills, Miss Sarah 1889 

Mills, Mrs. Elizabeth H 1839 

Myddleton, Mrs. A. E 1849 

Munford, Mrs. A. S 1850 



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Miller, Miss Elizabeth 1855 

Miller, Miss Virginia 1862 

May, Mrs. Catherine N 1864 

MilJs, Mrs. Hattie M 1866 

Mills, Mrs. Euphemia 1866 

Mackall, Mrs. Louisa F 1866 

Muir, Frances - 1867 

Munnerlvn, Miss Elizabeth 1S77 

Marshall, W. J 1889 

Marshall, Mrs. K. G 1889 

McCarter, Miss Mary A 1848 

Mcintosh, Mrs. Georgia 1849 

McLeod, Mrs. Julai M 1850 

Mcintosh, Miss Agnes 1851 

McAlpin, Mrs. Maria 1866 

McKinnon, Mrs. Virginia 1876 

McOall, Miss Mary I 1888 

McArthur, Frederick E 1887 

McArthur, Mrs. Mary A 1887 

McArthur, Mrs. Harriet 1887 

McAlpin, Miss Florence L 1887 

McAlpin, Miss Ellen 1877 

McAlpin, Miss Elizabeth H 1878 

Mcintosh, McQueen . .1879 

McAlpin, Miss Sallie M 1883 

McCaJl, Francis 1 1885 

McOall, Mrs. Mary I 1885 

Nevitt, Miss Mariah L 1842 

Newell, Mrs. Ella J 1866 

Newell, Miss Roberta 13 1878 

Noble, Mrs. Emma t 1881 

Newell, Miss Josephine H ' 1889 

Olmstead, Charles H 1863 

Olmstead, Mrs. Florence L. 1865 

Olmstead, Miss Florence W 1889 

O'Keefe, Mrs. Heubenia 1875 

Postell, Mrs. Sarah 1840 

Pritchard, Mrs. Mary 1866 



Resident Members. 



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Peek, Miss Hattie 1870 

Peek, Eben B 1870 

Pape, Mrs. Nina 1370 

Pritchard, George B 1872 

Peek, Mrs. Cornelia H 1873 

Pritchard, Mrs. Julia D 1888 

Pritchard, Miss Mary J 1889 

Perkinson, W. Y .1889 

Pape, Miss Nina A 1887 

Peek, Henry T 1874 

Peek, Miss Mary M 1874 

Pritchard, Edward 1877 

Patton, D. G 1881 

Patton, Mrs. Frances 1881 

Price, Miss Delia 1884 

Pitzer, Miss Lou , 1884 

Pritchard, G. Barnard, Jr 1885 

Purse, Mrs. Minnie Lou 1885 

Pigmao, Mrs. Mary T 1885 

Preston, Joseph W 1886 

Preston, Mrs. M. E. G 1886 

Prouse, James W. 1886 

Quarterman, Miss H. A 1888 

Reed, Mrs. Ruth E 1831 

Rogers, Mrs. Mary E 1842 

Rowland, Mrs. A. E 1853 

Robertson, Mrs. Elizabeth 1854 

Reid, Miss Ruth W 1855 

Reid, Frank W 1856 

Rowland, Miss Mary C 1859 

Reid, Mi-s Margaret W 1860 

Robertson, Miss Margaret 1866 

Richmond, Mrs. Mary B 1867 

Rankin, James L 1870 

Rutherford, Mrs. William 1873 

Rankin, Mrs. Susie S ■ 1875 

Robertson, Miss Mary 1880 

Russell, Mrs. Lucretia 1880 



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Eussell, Mrs. Leonora A 1883 

Kogers, Miss Jessie S 1889 

Stiles, Mrs. Margaret Y 1832 

Silva, Mrs. Margaret 1853 

Stoddard, John I. . 1858 

SouUard, Mrs. C. A. 1858 

Silva, James 1859 

Sturtevant, William B 1859 

Stoddard, Mrs. Agnes E 1861 

Stiles, Eugene 1864 

Shellman, Mrs. Sarah C 1866 

Schley, George 1868 

Sams, Mrs. W. J 1868 

Stiles, Mrs. Anna 1871 

Schley, Mrs. Mary C 1871 

Schley, Julian 1872 

Stoddard, Mrs. Mary M 1872 

Schley, John Montfort 1873 

Schley, Henry M 1875 

Schley, Miss Georgia 1875 

Stiles, Samuel Y 1877 

Stewart, Miss Anne 1878 

Stoddard, Henry M 1880 

Sheftall, E.T 1881 

Smyth, Mrs. Rebecca 1881 

Stoddard, Miss Isabella 1 1884 

Stone, Miss Fannie 1884 

Sturtevant, Mrs. W. 1886 

Sweat, Miss Georgia 1886 

Stiles, Dr. Samuel Wallace 1886 

Shaffer, George W 1839 

Sugden, Percy 1888 

Sturdevant, W. A 1887 

Shellman, Miss Annie L. 1887 

Shellman, Miss Sallie C. 1887 

Stiles, Mrs. Georgia 1887 

Stoddard, Miss Mabel E. 1889 

Stoddard, Edward S 1889 



Evident Members. 67 

iShellman, Miss Mattie M 1889 

f ^TEompson, Miss Susan E 1848 

Thompson. Miss Georgia E 1853 

Train, Mrs! Elizabeth." 1858 

Tiiden.Mrs. Clara M 1859 

Thomas, D. B 1867 

Thomas, Mrs. Jane M 1867 

Tilton, Mrs. Rosa 1870 

Tilton, O. L 1874 

Thomas, Mrs. Malvina H 1875 

Thompson, Miss Addie 1880 

Tieniavensis. Mrs. May L 1881 

Thiot, Mrs. Sallie B _ . .1882 

Tilton, Theodore W 1882 

Taylor, Miss Ettie 1882 

Thomas, Miss Jennie M 1881 

Thomas, J. Murehison 1884 

Thompson, Mrs. Josephine G 1886 

Turner, Mrs. Gnssie 1886 

Tiedeman, LB 1888 

Tiedeman, Mrs. L. B 1888 

' .Tilton. Miss Maud Constance 18S9 

f YanGiesen,E 1S86 

West, Mrs. Xannette H 1871 

T\ elinian. Miss Margaret M 1871 

West, James 1873 

Williams, W. T 1S75 

Wiggins, Mrs. Georgia 1S77 

Waples, W. D 1878 

Williams. Miss Sarah M 1878 

Whatlev, J. Lawton 1881 

Wvllv. Mrs. E. H 1882 

Williams, Davant 1881 

Wvllv, E. E. Lee.. 18SL 

Wade, Mrs. Mary A 1886 

Washington. Miss Susan M 1886 

Woodrin, Mrs. Nela A 1881 

Whatlev. Mrs. Mary W 1852 



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White, Mrs. Matilda B 1853 

Wakelee, William L 1855 

Wade, Mrs. Margaret H 1855 

Wakelee, Mrs. Isabella A .... . . 1862 

Wood bridge, Mrs. Florence . . . s 1862 

Waples, Mrs. Isabella : ' 1862 

Way, Col. Oharleton H 1865 

Williams, Mrs. Mary O 1869 

Wylly, L. li 1887 

Wylly, Miss M. Currer 1887 

Wylly, Miss Julia 1887 

Wade, Miss Carrie H. 1889 

Walter, Miss Caroline T 18b9 

Walter, Miss Scotia F. , 1889 

Wylly, Mrs. Emma L. 1889 



COLORED MEMBERS. 



Burnet, Matilda. . ' Law, Margaret. 

Cuthbert, Abby. Lord, Jane. 

Ellison, Annie. Mackay, Bebecca. 

Falany, Julia. Morel, John B. 

Green, Sue Stiles. Mchols, Kate. 

Henderson, Dennis. Butledge, Elizabeth. 

Hornsby, Edward. Seidlicg, Martha. 

W T alker, Elizabeth. . 

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